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1933

1939

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This 'Counter Restaurant' Is at CCC Camp, TVA #22, near Esco, Tennessee. Temporarily the Boys Are Eating Outdoors and Using for a Lunch Counter Lumber Which Is to Be Used in the Construction of Their Winter Barracks from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
A View of a Group of Applicants at the High School Building, Clinton, Tennessee, Ready to Take the Examination for Skilled and Unskilled Laborers on TVA Projects from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
Crane operator at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tennessee (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
[Electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area, Alabama] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
TVA chemical plant, electric furnace loaded with phosphate, vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Insulators and transmission wires in the switchyard of the TVA's Chickamauga Dam, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River. The [dam] has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kw. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,00 from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Construction of Douglas Dam, TVA (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Early stages of construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Excavating within the log cofferdam during an early stage of construction, Douglas Dam, Tenn. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Welder at work on Douglas Dam, Tenn. (TVA) (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Construction at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Construction at Douglas Dam (TVA), Tenn. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Eight generator units in the generator room of a new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam, Sheffield vicinity, Ala. Located 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 288,000 kw., which from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Switch yard at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala., 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Construction work at the TVA's Douglas Dam, Tenn. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008

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Construction at Douglas Dam (TVA), Tenn. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

stpenn said:
Some how, this entire set just doesn't seem like it was shot in 1942. First of all the color films available at that time just didn't record colors like these. The color films of that period simply weren't fast enough to capture exposures like these without the heavy direct flash look that we try to avoid. In addition, the colors would have faded, or at least shifted in 66 year old photographs. These photos certainly don't have the famous "Kodachrome" look of photos taken in this period.

Crane operator at TVA's Douglas Dam, Tennessee (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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tidy stop said:
This is a work of art... The color and clarity are amazing.
monkeytime | brachiator said:
The light is phenomenal.
erin*carly said:
such amazing light. i hope this is an inspiration to today's photographers . . . there's a quality of transparency film that just can't be rivaled with digital.
Matthew Whatley said:
incredible detail. I really love the lighting on the face. This is really impressive.
Jay F said:
Artistic work from the pre-digital, pre-photoshop era. Wonderful.

Countryside near the TVA site of the Douglas dam, Tenn. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Peter-Michael Mayer said:
As i know, these transparency had been made on Kodachrom, probabely on 4 + 5 inch format with a Speed Graphic or a view camera. The quality of these Kodachrome transparencys are absolutely great. Wonderful piece of photographic work